Montage of scenes taken during U.S. Marine combat readiness training exercises

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United States USA Date:1961Duration:37 secSound:Yes

A montage of images covering U.S. Marines engaged in Combat readiness training. M55 8-inch SP Howitzer firing from under camouflage netting. An M50 Ontos firing its recoilless rifles. Marines firing multiple rockets from towed launcher. A battery of M50 Ontos self-propelled guns lined abreast in a field. They fire a barrage from their guM40 106 mm recoilless rifles. Finally, Marine riflemen are seen leaving their protective positions in a desert, and beginning to advance toward a rising mushroom cloud where a tactical nuclear weapon has just exploded. Camera focuses on the rapidly rising cloud